A generic self-stabilization mechanism for biomolecular adhesions under load
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| author | Braeutigam, Andrea Simsek, Ahmet Nihat Gompper, Gerhard Sabass, Benedikt |
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| contents | Mechanical loading generally weakens adhesive structures and eventually leads to their rupture. However, biological systems can adapt to loads by strengthening adhesions, which is essential for maintaining the integrity of tissue and whole organisms. Inspired by cellular focal adhesions, we suggest here a generic, molecular mechanism that allows adhesion systems to harness applied loads for self-stabilization under non-equilibrium conditions -- without any active feedback involved. The mechanism is based on conformation changes of adhesion molecules that are dynamically exchanged with a reservoir. Tangential loading drives the occupation of some stretched conformation states out of equilibrium, which, for thermodynamic reasons, leads to association of further molecules with the adhesion cluster. Self-stabilization robustly increases adhesion lifetimes in broad parameter ranges. Unlike for catch-bonds, bond dissociation rates do not decrease with force. The self-stabilization principle can be realized in many ways in complex adhesion-state networks; we show how it naturally occurs in cellular adhesions involving the adaptor proteins talin and vinculin. |
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| spellingShingle | A generic self-stabilization mechanism for biomolecular adhesions under load Braeutigam, Andrea Simsek, Ahmet Nihat Gompper, Gerhard Sabass, Benedikt Biological Physics Soft Condensed Matter Subcellular Processes Mechanical loading generally weakens adhesive structures and eventually leads to their rupture. However, biological systems can adapt to loads by strengthening adhesions, which is essential for maintaining the integrity of tissue and whole organisms. Inspired by cellular focal adhesions, we suggest here a generic, molecular mechanism that allows adhesion systems to harness applied loads for self-stabilization under non-equilibrium conditions -- without any active feedback involved. The mechanism is based on conformation changes of adhesion molecules that are dynamically exchanged with a reservoir. Tangential loading drives the occupation of some stretched conformation states out of equilibrium, which, for thermodynamic reasons, leads to association of further molecules with the adhesion cluster. Self-stabilization robustly increases adhesion lifetimes in broad parameter ranges. Unlike for catch-bonds, bond dissociation rates do not decrease with force. The self-stabilization principle can be realized in many ways in complex adhesion-state networks; we show how it naturally occurs in cellular adhesions involving the adaptor proteins talin and vinculin. |
| title | A generic self-stabilization mechanism for biomolecular adhesions under load |
| topic | Biological Physics Soft Condensed Matter Subcellular Processes |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.03714 |